A Guide to the Alexander M. Glasgow Papers, 1795-1888

Comprised of correspondence, accounts
books and financial papers, land and legal papers, literary productions, minutes,
speeches, and a printed pamphlet, the Alexander M. Glasgow Papers, 1795-1888,
document social and family life in Virginia throughout the 19th century, including
the Civil War, tobacco culture, slavery, and Washington College.

Comprised of correspondence, accounts books and financial papers, land and legal
papers, literary productions, minutes, speeches, and a printed pamphlet, the
Alexander M. Glasgow Papers, 1795-1888, document social and family life in Virginia
throughout the 19th century, including the Civil War, tobacco culture, slavery, and
Washington College. The correspondence (1810-1888) illustrates the relationships
between correspondents, primarily in Lexington, Lynchburg, and Richmond,
Virginia, such as Joel Leftwich, John W. Brockenbrough, John Poe, Benjamin E.
Scruggs, Alexander M. Glasgow, and members of the Garland, Dorman, and Kerr
families. The financial papers (1795-1875) include receipts and invoices and relate
to the business affairs of James Garland, John Kerr, James Edmondson, Martha
Glasglow, William Smiley, and Robert C. Hawkins, among others. Compositions of James
B. Dorman and Alexander M. Glasglow include political speeches (1840-1859); drafts
of letters to newspaper editors and the Board of Trustees of Washington College
(1850-1859); and legal papers (1814-1888), such as contracts and drafts of court
decisions, including one ruling related to Pedlar River Dam. The land papers
(1805-1867) include titles, contracts, and a hand drawn map of southern Florida,
while the minutes (1856-1863) are from meetings of the American Colonization
Society. Additionally, the collection includes a pamphlet advertising J. F. Allen
and Co.’s tobacco products (1878).

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light" project, 2009-2011.